Dustin Slaughter

Hometown: Rogers, Arkansas

What got you into mountain biking: My stepdad bought me my first dirt bike when I was nine and that was the spark. Motocross wasn’t a sustainable sport, financially and my mom hated it, so when I found the local bmx track I started racing there. It wasn’t until Slaughter Pen that I decided to buy a mountain bike, since then I can’t get enough, and the trails keep coming.

Favorite spot to ride in the Ozarks: The Buffalo Headwaters, it’s kinda like pizza, even when it’s bad it is still good..

Claim to fame: Mountain Flyer published a cover of me. And I still don’t have a copy.

Beer of choice: Ozark IPA

Zac Milner

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

What got you into mountain biking: Well... I grew up skateboarding, like 15 super rad years. Into my 20’s I dug deep into my music and art, did the starving artist sort of thing and got an old Schwinn as a gift to commute around south city on. Then it all started, an old familiar feeling, the thrill seeks. Eventually fixed gear riding to then track racing. I moved to Bentonville Arkansas where my girlfriend got her dream job at Crystal Bridges, got a job at a local bike shop and the guys got me out on the trail… not sure i have done anything else since… hello Gnarkansas